Pin for badges, &amp;c.



No. 7485303. PATENTED DEC. 29, 1903. l

' F. H. NOBLE. Y

PIN FOR BADGES, &o.

APPLIOATION FILED MA1 1, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

im@ @MW Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. NOBLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PIN FOR BADeEs, abc.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,303, dated December 29, 1903.

Application led May 1, 1902. Serial No. 105.435. (No model.)

or the Like, of which the following is a specilication.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive pin attachment particularly useful for badges, buttons, brooches, and metal ornaments generally. The necessary cheapness of such goods on the market requires corresponding cheapness in manufacture; and my main object is therefore the production of a piu which shall be extremely inexpensive in cost, but nevertheless efficient for its purpose, as will be apparent from the following description given.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my pin shown in connection with a rectangular base-plate of a badge or pin, although it will be understood that such plate may take Various forms according to the article to which my invention is applied; Fig. 2, an edge view of the plate and pin attachment; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation on the line 3 3of Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a sectional elevation on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, an elevation of the pin proper shown on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 6 a section of a modified form of coustruction of the pivot-bearing for the pin. Figs. 1 and 2 are somewhat enlarged as compared with the average size of the article shown, while the remaining gures are made on a still larger scale.

For convenience I have illustrated and will describe my invention as applied t0 av reotangular base-plate as used in some kinds of badges and the like, although it is evident that my invention may be applied to any kind and shape of article of the character mentioned.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, the pin is made of sti wire l, having a straight portion and one pointed end, while theother end is formed as an eye 2 by simply bending the wire of the inner or pivotal end of the pin, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5,- thereby forming the bearing-opening 3. The eye may be flattened by swaging and, preferably, in the same operation a small lug or projection 4 is formed or squeezed out by means of a suitable die or the like from the material of the eye, such lug projecting from the periphery of the eye substantially at the point illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5 for a purpose hereinafter made ap parent.

The pivot-bearing for the pin consists of a joint or base 5, secured in suitable manner to the plate 6 by soldering or otherwise and stamped up to form the two parallel ears or extensions 7, between which the eye of the pin works by being pivoted ou a rivet or pivot-pin 8, passing through such ears and through the eye of the pin l. `At a point herein shown as substantially midway of the width of the plate 5 and between said ears is formed a lug 9, which coperaties with the lug 4 on the eye. This lug 9 stands in the path of the lug4 and arrests its movement at a certain position of the pin, which position is indicated in Figs. 2 (dotted lines) and 3. When this position is reached, the pin can no longer turn on its pivot and must then be forced farther inward against its tension, so as to engage with the usual hook or retainer l0, herein shown assecured to the base-plate 6 by soldering.

The rivet or pivot-piu 8 might be dispensed with, and in lieu thereof the ears 7 may be indented at opposite sides to provide bearingpins 11, projecting slightly in the opening of the eye, as clearly shown in Fig.`6.

It is obvious from the foregoing that my construction can be made with extreme cheapness and that the sameis nevertheless efficient for itspurposes. Suitable wire stock can be used, and by the simple manipulations hereinbefore described it can be cheaply and quickly formed into the required pin. My pin is thus made wholly of wire, which is bent and swaged to form the complete pin.

I claim- In combination with a suitable base-plate or place of attachment, a joint or bearing secured to said base-plate and comprising a base 5 having parallel ears 7 between which retainer for the free end of the pin; substanis provided on the base a lug 9, a piu l Whose tially as described. pivoted end is bent to form an eye 2 pivoted between said ears, a lug 4 projecting from the eye 2 and adapted to coperatewith the Witnesses:

lug 9, by striking which the movement of the YH. C. VAN PELZ, pin in one direction is limited and a hook or l S. E. HIBBEN.

FRANK H. NOBLE. 

